Intel GMA 3100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 3100 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel GMA 3100

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 1 March 2007

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 479 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Core clock speed	479 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 3100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Name	Intel GMA 3100	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
PassMark - G3D Mark		49
PassMark - G2D Mark		244

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 3100	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 4.0	R500
Code name	Bearlake	M71
Launch date	9 May 2007	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	744
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	479 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Texture fill rate		1.916 GTexel / s
Transistor count		107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.024 GB / s
Memory bus width		32 Bit
Memory clock speed		756 MHz
Memory type		DDR2